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The Pentagon is seen in this aerial view made through an airplane window in Washington, Jan. 26, 2020. Reports of sexual assaults across the U.S. military jumped by 13% last year, driven by significant increases in the Army and the Navy as bases began to move out of pandemic restrictions and public venues opened back up. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais, File)

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Reported sexual assaults across US military increase by 13%
By LOLITA C. BALDOR - Associated Press
Wed,08/31/22-2:54PM , 110 Reads
WASHINGTON (AP) — Reports of sexual assaults across the U.S. military jumped by 13% last year, driven by significant increases in the Army and the Navy as bases began to move out of pandemic restrictions and public venues reopened, The Associated Press has learned.
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Students enlisted in the new Army prep course work together in barracks at Fort Jackson in Columbia, S.C., Friday, Aug. 26, 2022. The new course is an an effort to better prepare recruits for the demands of basic training. (AP Photo/Sean Rayford)

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Army program gives poor-performing recruits a second chance
By LOLITA C. BALDOR - Associated Press
Sun,08/28/22-6:33AM , 107 Reads
FORT JACKSON, S.C. (AP) — Chaz Andrews has wanted to join the Army since he was 19, but he has failed the service's academic test more than 10 times over the past decade.
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US says airstrikes in Syria intended to send message to Iran
By LOLITA C. BALDOR - Associated Press
Wed,08/24/22-4:07PM , 83 Reads
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Pentagon says U.S.
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Taliban special force fighters arrive inside the Hamid Karzai International Airport after the U.S. military's withdrawal, in Kabul, Afghanistan, Aug. 31, 2021. A year after America's tumultuous and deadly withdrawal from Afghanistan, assessments of its impact are divided — and largely along partisan lines. (AP Photo/Khwaja Tawfiq Sediqi, File)

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EXPLAINER: Dueling views remain a year after Afghan pullout
By LOLITA C. BALDOR - Associated Press
Tue,08/16/22-11:15PM , 92 Reads
WASHINGTON (AP) — A year after America's tumultuous and deadly withdrawal from Afghanistan, assessments of its impact are divided — and largely along partisan lines.
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